\Nip"pers\, n. pl. [From 2d {Nip}.]
1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
2. (Mach.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an
   object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing
   press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to
   the form.
3. (Naut.) A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to
   secure a cable to the messenger.